The first hot air balloon race in Texas

Program for the First Texas Hot Air Balloon Race in 1972

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Pilots listed in the program were:
Derek Howard - Austin
Bill Murtorff - Corpus Christi 
Sid Cutter - Albuquerque 
Matt Wiederkehr - St Paul, MN 
Karl Stefan - Palestine, TX 
Ray Gallagher - Ft Worth 
Tom Gabel - Illinois 
David Evans - San Antonio 
Greg Wilson - Albuquerque 
Also there was Portis Woolley - Dallas 

Texas Highways : January 1973

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Poster courtesy of the David Smuck Collection

Tickets from Glen Moyer Collection